Symmes Creek is a
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of the
Ohio River
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in southern
Ohio
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in the
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. Via the Ohio River, it is part of the
watershed of the
Mississippi River
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, draining an area of on the
unglaciated
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portion of the
Allegheny Plateau
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.
Symmes Creek rises in
Bloomfield Township in southeastern
Jackson County and flows generally southward through
Madison Township in Jackson County;
Greenfield,
Perry
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, and
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townships in
Gallia County
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Named after the French people who originally settled there, its name â ...
; and
Symmes,
Aid
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Ai ...
,
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,
Lawrence
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,
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townships in
Lawrence County, through a portion of the Ironton Unit of the
Wayne National Forest
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and past the communities of
Waterloo,
Aid
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Ai ...
, and
Willow Wood. It joins the Ohio River at the village of
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Populated plac ...
, opposite downtown
Huntington, West Virginia
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The
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settled on "Symmes Creek" as the stream's name in 1902. According to the
Geographic Names Information System
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, it has also been known historically as "Simms," "Big Creek," and "Symms Creek."
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Flow rate
At the United States Geological Survey
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's stream gauge
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in Aid, the annual mean flow of Symmes Creek between November 2000 and September 2005 was 426 ft³/s (12 m³/s). The highest recorded flow during the period was 7,100 ft³/s (201 m³/s) on May 19, 2001. The lowest recorded flow was 1 ft³/s (0 m³/s) on September 18, 2001.[
]
See also
*List of rivers of Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The state takes its name from the Ohio River, whose name in turn originated from the Seneca word '' ohiËyo, meaning "good river", "great river" or "large creek". The Ohio ...
References
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Rivers of Ohio
Tributaries of the Ohio River
Rivers of Gallia County, Ohio
Rivers of Jackson County, Ohio
Rivers of Lawrence County, Ohio